Tag: conservation
Lawmakers lament they “don’t have more influence” moving state water plan...
Two sessions have passed since Gov. John Hickenlooper rolled out Colorado’s first statewide water plan, yet lawmakers have made little progress toward the plan’s...
Staving off the state’s water shortage, one leaky pipe at a...
If Colorado hopes to reach its goal of conserving at least 130 billion gallons of water a year by 2050, some of the state’s water...
WHAT’S THE PLAN? Second draft of state water plan lacks actionable...
Colorado needs a mother lode of water by 2050 – as much, in fact, as it takes to serve about 2 million people.
As our...
A small victory for conservationists trying to block Wolf Creek development
“Mountain solitude reimagined” is the motto for The Village at Wolf Creek, a massive, in-the-works development project near the Wolf Creek Ski Area and...
Scoring Colorado lawmakers on conservation
Legalizing rain barrels. Incentivizing energy efficient construction. Supporting solar gardens. Opposing state control of public lands. Defending renewable energy mandates. These were just a few of the priorities last session for local environmental protection group Conservation Colorado, which has now released a scorecard evaluating state lawmakers.
80 percent of Denver public school kids have never been to...
It's the kind of stat that seems impossible, yet it's one that Todd Hartman at the Colorado Department of Natural Resources says he hears all the time — though they may very well be able to see them from their classroom window, 80 percent of Denver Public School students have never actually been to the mountains.
High Country Election Reflection: Time for dialogue
Udall was probably the closest thing we had in Congress to a champion for the mountains, so there was a real sense of sadness in the wake of his loss to Cory Gardner.
Water deal aims to keep city faucets flowing
FRISCO — An $11 million dollar water deal announced last week could help keep faucets and sprinklers flowing in big western cities in...
‘Hanna Ranch’ and the New West, 15 years later
“I think he was the best kind of cowboy. I mean, he wasn’t just a cowboy," says Kirk Hanna’s daughter at the beginning of a new documentary about the life and legacy of the Colorado cattleman known as “the Eco-Rancher.”
Colorado’s backcountry ‘roadless rule’ takes effect
A plan to manage some of Colorado's most prized forests went into effect on Tuesday, marking the end of a seven-year process conducted among an eclectic mix of stakeholders.